Critics slam President Rodrigo Duterte's joke of turning the Philippines into a province of China but Malacañang insists, the Duterte administration continues to assert Manila's rights over the West Philippine Sea and the Philippine Rise.

President Rodrigo Duterte’s study group is looking at an outright ban on political dynasties but faces uncertainty over whether legislators would adopt this provision in the proposed federal constitution.

Filipino Olympic figure skater Michael Martinez on Tuesday said he has no regrets in his recent bid for the gold in Pyongchang even though he failed to reach the top 24 in the preliminary phase in the competition.

The peso held at the P52 level against the dollar on Tuesday, its weakest in nearly 12 years, as investors gauged the effects of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' decision to cut the reserve requirement for banks.